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Thyroid Answers Podcast

Thyroid Answers podcast is focused on providing answers to the most common questions people who have a thyroid problems and thyroid symptoms need and want answers to. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Eric Balcavage. Dr. Balcavage is a doctor of functional medicine, chiropractor, and certified nutrition specialist. His practice focuses on helping people with thyroid conditions improve their symptoms and regain their health using functional medicine.
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Now displaying: March, 2024
Mar 26, 2024

Episode 155 is another Q&A session. My co-host for this podcast is Tara Quintana. Tara is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in Indiana. If you have questions about thyroid health, these Q&A episodes may answer your burning questions as well. 

If you have questions you want answered, you can submit them to office@rejuvagencenter.com with the subject line Thyroid Answers Podcast Questions.

Tara Quintana is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and licensed in Indiana. She completed her Master of Nursing Practice Degree at Purdue University Global, graduating with honors while working as an RN in Monroe and surrounding counties. She has ten years of experience as an RN, dedicated to providing personalized and compassionate care.
 
Working in Women’s Health, Tara provided exceptional care, focusing on wellness and disease prevention. With the state of our national healthcare system and the incredible need for personalized medicine, Tara felt compelled to go back to school and study at The Institute of Functional Medicine. The rigorous program was very challenging and fueled Tara’s continued desire for evidence-based medicine, leading to the creation of The Functional Nurse Practitioner Podcast. Tara spent countless hours studying root cause medicine and was certified as a functional medicine practitioner through IFM.
 
Tara began incorporating functional medicine methodologies within her Women’s Health practice, and the results were phenomenal. She continued pushing the barriers of conventional medicine, until it became apparent that a truly personalized approach needed more. Tara opened her own practice, The Functional Nurse Practitioner, LLC, and has not looked back. Specializing in root cause medicine, Tara takes a different approach, unraveling each client’s unique story in order to facilitate optimal health. Tara’s podcast continues to provide an exceptional education for her community, and her platform is highly regarded within the health and wellness space. Tara has many plans for the future regarding educational, nutrition, and coaching programs, as wellness is at the forefront of her business.
Tara is an active member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, The Institute of Functional Medicine, Oncology Nursing Society, and Alpha Beta Kappa, the National Honor Society, by election of the Delta Zeta Chapter.
Tara and her husband, Tom, reside in Ellettsville, Indiana. She enjoys cooking, fitness, mountain biking, and spending her free time traveling to both favorite and new bike destinations.
 
https://thefunctionalnursepractitioner.com/
 
Mar 19, 2024

In this episode I discuss Gut Health with Holistic Nutritionist Josch Dech. We discuss the importance of gut health in relation to health in general, thyroid physiology, and immune disorders.

Topics discussed:

  • What is causing chronic GI symptoms and disorders?
  • How does functional GI assessment differ from allopathic GI assessment?
  • The impact of too much estrogen on GI function
  • What should a person do first to improve their GI function?
  • Acid reflux; too much or too little stomach acid?
  • And more...

Josh is an ex-paramedic, and Holistic Nutritionist, specializing in gut health. It was the successes his clients have had with complex digestive diseases, previously thought to be impossible, that got him connected to some of the world’s most renowned doctors.

 
Since then, he’s been recruited to the Priority Health Academy as a medical lecturer, helping educate doctors on the holistic approach to gut health, and complex digestive issues.
 
Josh's Podcast: https://www.reversablepod.com/
 
Mar 12, 2024

In this episode, I discuss probiotics with Natasha Trenev. We discuss the history of probiotics from early yogurt cultures to where probiotics are today. Some of the additional points discussed include:

  • Early royal yogurt vs today's yogurt
  • The importance of starter cultures (bacteria) in making beneficial probiotic cultures
  • The benefits of fermented foods
  • Why specific types of probiotic bacteria are important for health
  • The problems with many of today's probiotic supplements
  • How to identify a quality probiotic
  • And more ...

UCLA graduate Natasha Trenev and Yordan Trenev founded Natren Inc. in 1982 with the goal of developing the first revolutionary method of producing an effective and scientifically validated single strain bacteria product. She is also the Founder and Chairwoman of The Global Institute of Probiotics, dedicated to the technological advancement of probiotic usage.

For more than 40 years, Ms. Trenev has been leading the scientific community in the acquisition of knowledge about probiotics. She authored the Probiotic Standards adopted by the National Nutritional Foods Association (now National Product Association), which were later read into the Congressional Record. A member of the American society of Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Food Technologists, Anaerobe Society of the Americas and American Dairy Science Association, Ms. Trenev is recognized as an educator, research scientist, author and television and radio personality as well as an authority on probiotics.

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